PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES (8-5) Vs TAMPA BAY RAYS (3
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PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES (8-5) vs TAMPA BAY RAYS (3-11) Sunday, April 15, 2018 – Tropicana Field – 1:10 EDT – Game 14; Road 8 RHP Ben Lively (0-1, 5.56) vs LHP Ryan Yarbrough (0-0, 2.25) LAST NIGHT’S ACTION: The Phillies won their fifth straight game , defeating Tampa Bay 9-4 to take the first two games of the series … Starter Jake Arrieta made his second start of the season, PHILLIES PHACTS tossing 6.2 innings and allowing 3 runs (2 ER) on 7 hits with 2 walks and 1 strikeout … A six-run Record: 8-5 second inning fueled Philadelphia’s offensive outburst … J.P. Crawford was 2-for-3 with a double, Home: 5-1 home run, 2 RBI and 2 runs … Scott Kingery doubled twice, drove in a pair and scored 1 run ... Road: 3-4 Eight of the nine starters recorded a hit in the game for Philadelphia … Victor Arano struck out 3 Current Streak: Won 5 batters in 1.1 innings in relief of Arrieta. Last 5 Games: 5-0 Last 10 Games: 7-3 Series Record: 3-2 ARMS RACE: Over their last 10 games (since 4/3), Phillies starters have combined to post a 2.69 Sweeps/Swept: 1/1 ERA (18 ER, 60.1 IP) with just three home runs allowed and a .222 opponents’ batting average (49-221) … In that span, Philadelphia has the lowest starter’s ERA in the NL and 2nd- PHILLIES VS. RAYS lowest in MLB behind only KC (2.50) … In those 10 games, the rotation has allowed two 2018 Record: 2-0 earned runs or fewer nine times and four hits or fewer six times … Overall this season 2018 at Home: N/A Philadelphia’s starters rank 2nd in the NL in 3rd in ERA (3.24) & lowest OPP OPS (.634), and 4th in 2018 at TB: 2-0 fewest hits allowed (66) … No team has allowed fewer home runs by its starters than the Phillies All-Time Record: 11-15 (3, also MIN & SF), and they rank 6th among ML clubs in fewest walks issued by starters (21) … All-Time at Citizens Bank Park: 6-9 All-Time at Tropicana Field: 5-6 As a pitching staff overall, the Phillies lead MLB in fewest HR/9.0 IP (0.53) and lead Current Streak: Won 3 the NL in FIP (fielding independent pitching) at 3.20. PHILLIES ON ROAD SOUTHPAW SLUGGING: The Phillies are facing a left-handed starter for the fourth time this Games Played: 7 season … In each of their first three games against southpaws, the opposing starter lasted 3.0 Record: 3-4 (.429) innings or fewer … In those three games, Philadelphia scored 17 runs (15 ER) in 8.2 IP, drawing 10 walks and hitting four homers … Overall against lefties, the Phillies have posted a .905 AVG/OBP/SLG: .213/.291/.328 OPS (1st in MLB), more than 40 points higher than the next club (SEA, .863). Runs/Runs Per Game: 25/3.57 Home Runs: 4 Stolen Bases: 6 KINGS AND ROOKS: Scott Kingery is batting .296 (8-27) with four doubles, two home runs, nine RBI and six runs scored in his last seven games … Among all ML rookies thus far, he is ERA: 4.52 st nd nd 1 in extra-base hits (8) and doubles (6), 2 in steals (2), T-2 in hits (12) & RBI (9), Starters W-L: 1-2 T-3rd in runs (7) & homers (2). Starters ERA: 3.75 Relievers W-L: 2-2 EARLY AND OFTEN: With six runs in the second inning yesterday, the Phillies have Relievers ERA: 5.61 now scored within the first two innings for the ninth time in their 13 games this Saves/Opp: 1/3 season … They have scored 35 runs within the first three innings (14 in 1st, 10 in 2nd, 11 in 3rd) and 34 runs in all other innings combined. PHILLIES AT A GLANCE March: 1-2 Monday: 1-0 #WINNING: The Phillies have won five straight games for the first time since 7/26-31/2017 (5), April: 7-3 Tuesday: 1-1 and are now three games over the .500 mark for the first time since 5/28/16, when they were May: N/A Wednesday: 1-1 26-23 … A win today would mean six straight wins for the first time since 4/20- June: N/A Thursday: 1-1 July: N/A Friday: 2-0 27/2017 (6), and Philadelphia’s first consecutive three-game sweeps since 4/26- Aug: N/A Saturday: 2-1 5/1/2016 (WSH, CLE) … During this win streak, Philadelphia has outscored opponents 27-14. Sept: N/A Sunday: 0-1 INTERLEAGUE INTRIGUE: With a win today, the Phillies will have completed a three- vs East: 3-5 Day: 1-3 game or better sweep over an American League East club for the first time since vs Cent: 3-0 Night: 6-7 st 6/27-29/2003 at BAL (3-0) … It would be their first-ever sweep over the Rays … After losing vs West: N/A 1Half: 8-5 vs AL: 2-0 2nd Half: N/A eight straight Interleague games to start 2017, Philadelphia has gone 7-7 against AL teams since. INSTANT REPLAY RESULTS JACKIE ROBINSON DAY: On April 15, 1947, Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier and *Manager’s challenges, since 2014 became the first African American player in Major League history ... He was 28 years old and had PHI All-Time Challenges: 149 been playing with the Kansas City Monarchs in the negro leagues before signing with the Dodgers Overturned: 82 ... Robinson spent the 1946 season with Brooklyn's triple-A affiliate in Montreal ... He was named Success Rate: 55.0% NL Rookie of the Year in 1947 and NL MVP in 1949 and helped the Dodgers win six pennants and one World Series (1955) before retiring following the 1956 season ... Robinson retired as a 2018 Challenges: 2 .311/.409/.474 career hitter with more walks (740) and extra-base hits (464) than strikeouts Overturned: 2 Success Rate: 100.0% (291) ... He was inducted into the Hall of Fame on the first ballot in 1962, receiving 77.5 percent of the vote ... All on-field personnel will wear No. 42 jerseys today to honor Robinson. PHILLY SPECIAL Philadelphia Major Sports Teams Record in TAMPA BAY RAY-UNION: Just 16.2 miles south of their spring training home in Clearwater, Philadelphia Since the Eagles Super Bowl Win the Phillies wrap up a three-game set in St. Petersburg today against the Tampa Bay Rays … This Team W-L Winning % was the first time they have squared off against Tampa Bay since 7/20-22/2015 in Philadelphia, PHILLIES 5-1 .833 and the first time at Tropicana Field since 6/23-25/2009 … In that series, current Phillies manager 76ers 18-1 .947 Gabe Kapler started two games in right field for the Rays, going 2-for-4, with two doubles, two Flyers 9-5 .643 walks and a run, and Phillies Wall of Famer Pat Burrell was the Tampa Bay DH for all three games TOTAL 32-7 .821 … This marks just the fourth regular season series the two teams have ever played at Tropicana Field, (1999, 2001, 2009), along with two games (1-1) in the 2008 World Series. FIRST DIBS: With Scott Kingery and J.P. Crawford already hitting their first career home runs this season, the Phillies have now had nine different players hit their first major league homer since the beginning of the 2017 season: Crawford (4/11), Kingery (4/9), Cameron Perkins (9/14/17), Jorge Alfaro (8/15/17), Rhys Hoskins (8/14/17), Nick Williams (7/9/17), Ben Lively (6/24/17), Andrew Knapp (4/29/17) and Brock Stassi (4/10/17) … In that span, only one other team (SD) has even had seven players do so. PHILLIES RECORD WHEN THEY… Score First: 4-2 Lead After 6: 5-1 Lead After 7: 6-1 Lead After 8: 6-0 Out-Hit Opp: 5-0 Last AB Decisions: 3-1 Opp. Score First: 4-3 Tied After 6: 3-1 Tied After 7: 2-1 Tied After 8: 2-1 Hits equal: 0-2 Walk-off Decisions: 1-1 Score 4 or more: 7-1 Trail After 6: 0-3 Trail After 7: 0-3 Trail After 8: 0-4 Out-Hit by Opp: 2-3 Starter goes > 6.0 IP 4-0 Score 3 or fewer: 1-4 Hit no HR: 0-4 Starter goes 6.0 IP 1-0 Hit at least 1 HR: 7-1 Starter goes < 6.0 IP 3-5 UPCOMING PROBABLE PITCHERS & BROADCAST SCHEDULE DATE TIME PROBABLE PITCHERS TV Monday, April 16 at ATL 7:35 EDT RHP Aaron Nola (1-0, 1.96) vs RHP Mike Foltynewicz (1-1, 2.93) NBCSP+ Tuesday, April 17 at ATL 7:35 EDT RHP Nick Pivetta (1-0, 2.70) vs RHP Brandon McCarthy (2-0, 3.31) NBCSP Wednesday, April 18 at ATL 7:35 EDT RHP Vince Velasquez (1-1, 3.52) vs RHP Aníbal Sánchez (1-0, 1.29) NBCSP 2018 PHILLIES NOTES TODAY’S STARTER PAGE 2 BEN LIVELY RHP #19 LIVELY – 2018 DAY-BY-DAY DATE-OPP DECISION IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA Height: 6-4 Weight: 240 Age: 26 (born: 3/5/92) 2018: 0-1, 5.56 ERA Career: 4-8, 4.41 ERA 4/3 at NYM L, 2-0 5.2 6 2 2 0 1 5 3.18 4/9 vs CIN W, 6-5 5.2 9 5 5 1 2 7 5.56 LAST START: 4/9 vs CIN: ND, 5.2 IP, 9 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 2 BB, 7 SO, HR … Lively MAR./APRIL 0-1 11.1 15 7 7 1 3 12 5.56 vs Reed … The Phils offense plated multiple runs in the 1st inning for the fourth- straight game thanks to a 2-run shot from Rhys Hoskins … Scott Kingery 2018 HIGHS CAREER HIGHS connected on his first career home run, a solo-shot in the 2nd inning and Nick Williams belted his first career pinch-hit home run to give the Phils the lead in 5.2, 2x, last: 4/9 vs CIN IP 8.0, 9/10/17 at WSH the 8th … Hector Neris successfully converted his 21st straight save opportunity.